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Drainage of an infected shoulder bursa

CPT 23031the billing code this page is about

An incision to open and drain an infected fluid-filled cushioning sac in the shoulder.

Hospitals typically charge $1,314 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 374 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,729. Most fall between $531 and $3,704 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
374
States
45
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 374 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$354$615$1,314$3,371$5,118

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($354 vs $5,118).

How the prices are spread

$257 – $354: 32 hospitals$257$354 – $488: 24 hospitals$488 – $672: 36 hospitals$488$672 – $925: 33 hospitals$925 – $1,274: 40 hospitals$925$1,274 – $1,754: 33 hospitals$1,754 – $2,416: 18 hospitals$1,754$2,416 – $3,326: 45 hospitals$3,326 – $4,580: 43 hospitals$3,326$4,580 – $6,307: 42 hospitals$4,580median $1,314price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (346 of 374 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$257$35432
$354$48824
$488$67236
$672$92533
$925$1,27440
$1,274$1,75433
$1,754$2,41618
$2,416$3,32645
$3,326$4,58043
$4,580$6,30742

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$1,314
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.44×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,314.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $423 across 11 hospitalsIL$423Wisconsin: median $1,314 across 25 hospitalsWI$1,314Michigan: median $594 across 29 hospitalsMI$594New York: median $3,387 across 33 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $861 across 16 hospitalsOR$861Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $988 across 15 hospitalsIA$988Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $4,191 across 10 hospitalsPA$4,191New Jersey: median $3,786 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,118 across 39 hospitalsCA$5,118Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $367 across 14 hospitalsOK$367Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,720 across 22 hospitalsTX$2,720Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,314. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$5,118+289%$3,323 – $5,118
Pennsylvania PA10$4,191+219%$3,349 – $5,393
New Jersey NJ24$3,786+188%$3,168 – $5,741
New York NY33$3,387+158%$674 – $3,626
Texas TX22$2,720+107%$1,327 – $2,720
Wisconsin WI25$1,3140%$1,103 – $1,904
Iowa IA15$988−25%$988 – $988
Oregon OR16$861−34%$786 – $1,459
Michigan MI29$594−55%$257 – $1,314
Illinois IL11$423−68%$354 – $988
Oklahoma OK14$367−72%$367 – $5,835
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,314.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care294$1,661$547 – $4,126
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access72$1,103$514 – $1,904
Ownership
For-profit37$2,152$538 – $5,033
Government58$988$531 – $3,387
Non-profit278$1,314$545 – $3,786
System affiliation
Part of a system304$1,314$579 – $3,994
Independent70$840$403 – $3,010

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,399
Median cash price$1,314
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

233 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,234 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,560; most fall between $443 and $3,349.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 233 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$354$579$1,234$3,323$5,118

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($354 vs $5,118).

Of the 255 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 233 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

374 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 418 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted374
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code418

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as I&D Shoulder Infected Bursa.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Drainage of an infected shoulder bursa (CPT 23031) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23031-drainage-of-an-infected-shoulder-bursa